Rosedown: A Link to the Past | 2010

This LPB documentary covers the history of the West Feliciana plantation and the couple who built it. Daniel Turnbull and Martha Hillard Barrow Turnbull were both the children of wealthy parents. On their honeymoon in 1828, the Turnbulls experienced the beautiful gardens of France, England, and Italy, which inspired them to build their own paradise.
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A 2010 documentary chronicling the history of Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, one of the most intact plantation complexes in the nation. It focuses on the work of Daniel Turnbull and Martha Hillard Barrow Turnbull in designing and building the plantation house, the extensive gardens, and the surrounding buildings. The documentary includes interviews with current and former staff members, Polly Lutrill, Patricia Aleshire, Richard Scott, and W. Parke Moore, as well as Mary Thompson, a great-great-granddaughter of the Turnbulls. Narrator: Donna LaFleur

[@thepickledfish3631]

They got it all wrong, the plantation owners didn't make this place beautiful and historic. The slaves and workers did with blood, sweat, tears and heartbreak. They are the ones who deserve the credit .

[@nancyandrews8891]

So True !! Because once the slaves were free There wasn't enough of money to keep up the Plantation...

[@jrpacer6355]

Yes I agree ....

[@pannamal5182]

Slaves weren’t the only ones giving blood sweat and tears in building the south. Get a life people

[@elizabethnobody6591]

@@pannamal5182 booolsh*t

[@thepickledfish3631]

@@pannamal5182 , your right there where plenty of people of all nationalities( still now to this day ) trying to do their job and getting paid pennies ( if that ) back then thought rich white men abused , beaten and killed your family for no reason other then that guy had a bad day because his plantation wife wouldn't put out . We all have a life now , working jobs that we feel we are a slave to our employer while they live in their big pretty houses while others still struggle just to make ends meet. The difference is, you can't have people that work for free and build your empire now . If you want to go deeper, I can talk about my( Omi ) she survived WW2 in a prison camp because she was considered a Jewish little girl back then years of torture and abuse. I think that hopefully someday you will understand what humanity actually is.

[@evefavorse5939]

This place of horrors was beautiful because of the free labor of ENslaved people! Anybody that engaged in human trafficking no matter what era was despicable no matter how wonderful they are portrayed! Yes, you can’t change history but let’s not overlook that part of history either!

[@dmallen469]

These places are all heavy with sadness, loss & tragedy. My husband & I have toured many of them & it is a palpable feeling you cannot ignore. They're filled with the cries & screams of those who built it, those who maintained it- against their will. Although I can appreciate the beauty of the architecture- beauty at what cost? We must NEVER forget & we must all understand. The price is still being paid today.

[@js2702]

Yes!!! The same can be said for ancient Rome, and all of the pyramids of Egypt… For that matter, anything that was built in history.

[@williammurray8060]

No-one does

[@lgrubb01]

Thank you for posting this documentary. Silencing and tearing down does not change history. As a former teacher, I know how important it is to teach the history of this nation, the good and the bad. I know of no one who thinks that slavery was a good thing and cannot imagine owning other people, but that is gone, thank God, at least in the U.S. Tearing down and silencing only stirs the pot and causes division. Can't change what happened. Can only love, as God has taught us to love, and to treat everyone the same.

[@christijenkins5184]

I appreciate your wisdom!

[@amandadassonville4043]

And of course never forget, God allowed it as he allowed all the other horrors. No omnipotence/omniscient actions. But then if you know your 'bible' you will recognise that he wasn't faint-hearted about peoples suffering even to babies and children... 🐝

[@brendadaniels7075]

I agree with you. My great grandfather was a Union Officer. "Can't change the great wrong that was done. Just learn from this and go forward.

[@celiajarvis3168]

@@amandadassonville4043 - on blaming God and free will. One explanation for "Why Does God Allow Things to Happen" - "This leads us to the Biblical explanation of why God allows bad things to happen. If we start with the first account of murder, in Genesis 4, we see that Cain had the inherent intention of killing his brother, Abel. Completely outside of God’s will, and despite a clear warning, Cain still chose to kill Abel in a fit of jealousy and rage. This example shows that mankind was created with free will - the choice to make decisions, both good and bad. Therefore, one Biblical reason why God allows bad things to happen is that people have the freedom to live and act according to their own decisions. While God desires for man to live in peace with Him and others, our own choices are the cause of much pain and grief."

[@traceyobrien8410]

It has been said that those who choose to erase our history are doomed to repeat it.

[@Kay.in.FL.HI.SA.JP.OZ.NZ.RIO..]

God Bless the 444 precious souls who built and maintained this plantation. Sadly they remain unnamed and mostly ignored, as we gape at the splendor and extravagance of both Rosedown and her owners. Not to mention the untold and unnamed natives whose land was taken from underfoot to build the place.

[@thewilliamsards]

Thank you for saying the truth

[@curiousone6129]

Get outta here with your woke self. So young, so ignorant.

[@lulukazhila6309]

Thank you for the acknowledgement!!!

[@brightemerald3924]

Very thoughtful comment.

[@sharonmohon3275]

It should be viewed as historical….as a people I try to understand a mindset where you can possibly look at humans as property to be owned, sold, and treated Iike cattle….I cant for the life of me see their perspective…money the root of all evil….but then, look our world today….slavery still exists in places like Africa, China….we still haven’t eradicated it.

[@christinetracy4829]

Thank you for saying that.

[@shellyscholz1256]

I know a man in Texas who works far below minimum wage while the white woman he works for takes home hundreds of dollars a day off his long, hard days. We have slavery here in the USA. The slave owners tip them and don’t give them a place to live. Not much different horribly.

[@sherrieabraham6885]

It’s not MONEY that is the root to all evil. The Bible says it’s the LOVE of money.

[@shellchenonceau6987]

Not to mention the child traf-ficking in usa

[@joejones9520]

in Mauritania the economy is so bad that slaves dont try to escape because they are fortunate to have basic needs met even is it means being enslaved. There are more slaves now that there ever have been in human history but most people think it only existed in the American south.

[@Cindy-lt2cm]

What about the people who made this plantation actually work and did the labor necessary? Those who had no choice of whether or not to live and work there, or who may have their family sold away from them? Amazing to just brush over this!

[@monicagaitor6751]

The people who made them rich while getting nothing in return. The people whose descendants are affected today with poverty... no mention at all.

[@cindyeastbourn7642]

@@monicagaitor6751 hi

[@terrybuckalew6874]

who sold their own people as slaves

[@kylief3774]

All groups of people have suffer no race ever avoided some horrible experiences.

[@naanajuvana1271]

@@terrybuckalew6874 ?…Hey Terry is that all you’ve got!!! Blah blah blah!!!

[@nikkiwaters6688]

The fact that it was built in only SIX MONTHS means that many, many, many enslaved persons worked long, grueling hours day, after day, after day... so very difficult to think about. 😓💔😢

[@cyndimorgan9792]

Who doesn’t work long grueling hours? Everybody does.

[@brightemerald3924]

@@cyndimorgan9792 You ignorance is showing.

[@gracietilert8952]

No matter how you dress it up, suffering is suffering. And if your wealth was built on the suffering of others, it is ill earned and poorly viewed by the majority of people.

[@joejones9520]

every single item or component that we purchase today that was made in China was made by someone with few worker rights and almost no wages, basically we are supporting slavery but in the way we cant avoid this, they couldnt either back then.

[@sjp4u338]

Get involved in helping slaves today…..all over the world, including child sex slaves. If things like this upset you….don’t watch.

[@Debbie_Bcool]

@@joejones9520 why do you compare what we call slavery today to the slavery that built these plantations of the past. I see common ground but such large differences.

[@joejones9520]

@@Debbie_Bcool I see a person who hasnt researched today's slavery...

[@Debbie_Bcool]

@@joejones9520 sure I have done my research. I can say you have not done your research on slavery in America but that would have no merit because I don't know you and I don't know what research you have done. Your a know it all can't have a conversation with a know it all that's why you diverted instead of having a conversation with me. Can't you express your self your own way, why mimic me with " I See?

[@joannabuchannon9535]

I am glad I watched this and saddened at the same time. I pray they will included the slave narrative with the next generation of owners. One of the statements said that, the worst injustice was the losing of bedroom furniture. Then in the next statement that it was just sad that some slave records were lost. The idea that furniture was a greater lost for history than the records and accounts of human beings is unbelievable. I know it was not intended to be harsh but it shows the lack of understanding of how the slaves that were on that plantation were regarded.

[@janet8418]

If you want to hear about the slaves’ story or narrative, please visit Whitney Plantation.

[@amri5096]

Actually, this piece was very culturally insensitive and disgusting. The main reason is because how the slaves were portrayed as expendable. it was portrayed as if it was the most normal thing to have hundreds of people serving you and building wealth for you as if they did not matter (which they we they didn't). It was all about the family which was cast in a very positive light. And people wonder why Black Americans can't get over slavery. It is 2022 and we still can't have an honest discussion about the economic harms of slavery that still impact Black Americans to this day. Every penny that is generated from the preservation of this property should be repaid + interest to the descendants of the slaves that it was stolen from. period.

[@janet8418]

@@amri5096 Since the beginning of time, there has been slavery, sadly. The Vikings, the Romans, Africans had slaves, etc. It was part of history and at different times, it was law and accepted. Just like the Germans accepted Hitler and some accepted the atrocities. If a person has to hate all the past people for unacceptable behavior, there wouldn’t be many to like. This narrator was giving the story from the plantation owner & their families point of view, right or wrong. Whitney Plantation gives a narrative from the slaves and their families point of view. No one present is responsible for what happened to the Jews, slaves, the Romans, etc.

[@patriciajrs46]

Yes, that is sad.

[@alison2649]

Absolutely! I agree completely

[@patriciajrs46]

I hope there are a lot of black people who take the time to visit these plantations, this one. They were sources of some heartache back then, for sure, but I think they should bd proud of what the black people accomplished. They worked hard and learned, or taught many things back then. If I looked out over that cotton field I would be amazed, saddened, and proud of all of their hard work and field songs. They had the emotional strength to sing in their troubles along with the crying. That says so much for their toughness and fortutude. It's sad that history did that to those people. We can't change that. We can celebrate who they were and how their hard work helped build this country.

[@karenjewell6543]

Kind of like visiting Auschwitz.Painful & proof that evil exists..for all kinds of people.

[@marilynwade9448]

I would imagine as shown in the quality of work in that house many of those slaves took pride in their work as artist tend to do. Would love to know if stories were passed down.

[@karenandrews4224]

We can make life more equitable and offset some historic wrongs instead of just saying sorry

[@karenandrews4224]

For the record, slaves were branded and tortured, their labors and children stolen… and this trauma carried thru America’s history. The original, awful sin

[@brightemerald3924]

Very thoughtful comment.

[@zzzzipy12]

Amazing history, I’m so glad it’s preserved. You can’t change the past or forget the past, you must learn from the past.

[@afterthestorm221]

A 19-year-old girl designed these gardens inspired by her honeymoon trip to Europe. Pretty impressive.

[@Princess-xq8ks]

What's impressive is the people who did the actual work....not the spoilt cosseted ninny who "designed" it🙄

[@kimlong-sf9ke]

Im sure she didn't do it without help.

[@maggiekay9292]

When money is not an issue...it would be simple...

[@peacenow42]

we don't have to be mean. It's a choice.@@Princess-xq8ks

[@annaraeellison3417]

Very well done! I can't imagine why that man sold the Henry Clay bed and got rid of the records, etc. That's important history! It's hard enough for black Americans to find their roots. Those records could have helped someone trace part of their ancestry, not to mention, the family of the owners may want that history as well! I'm so glad it's in good hands now.

[@andrelouis9422]

Because the bedset was way too large for the house would be my guess and when the new owner seen the master suite he prob thought it looked ridiculous because it did.

[@carlalakins]

@@andrelouis9422 that may not have been the master suite. From the documentary, the original owner built a wing on one side of his home to use as a library/office (he managed 4 other plantations) and to house his 400 books. Wanting to "balance" the house, he built another room on the opposite side. He spent much time in his office/library so it wouldn't seem feasible that he would walk to the opposite side of his rather large home to get to his "master suite"... which it wasn't- it was just a room. The master suite probably remained upstairs. I didn't care for that large bedroom furniture in that "side room" either. I would have made it an office/reading room for his wife. A piece of real estate trivia: That large room in a house with its own bathroom and a very large walk-in closet ... is no longer referred to as the "master bedroom"... it's now the "main bedroom". Yes, everything we say and do must be kept politically correct. As for myself, I favor calling it "the bill payer" bedroom. Have a nice day.

[@laurahastings-brownstein1481]

He probably needed the money, is my guess.

[@ceegabe1555]

Give the ancestor's families back what they are rightfully due.

[@Jeannified]

I agree. Can’t believe he got rid of those wonderful and important pieces. He does not sound like a good steward of this beautiful place. Looks like he just bought the Bonnie Doone plantation in South Carolina in 2019. I hope he doesn’t dismantle that place!

[@user-jn2wx7db1c]

“They got it all wrong” comment is so true. Like the Newport mansions, it was the labor of men who made them beautiful. The owners just wrote the checks. So, my respect goes to the slaves & laborers/craftsmen, not the wealthy trash.

[@texasred2702]

They had slavery in Rhode Island?

[@susancole2968]

Nope. The owners and creators. Today if a home is built, it is the designer who creates it and the workers provide labor.

[@janaiello722]

@@texasred2702Of course, Rhode Island as all the states at the time. Large farms often used paid and unpaid help.

[@auntiedeedee3438]

So they spent 13k for the materials to build the house, and paid $0.00 for the labor. Anytime I see homes like this I cannot see the beauty, all I see is pain and suffering.

[@joejones9520]

why dont you donate your money and time to trying to stamp out current slavery in Africa and Asia today? There are more slaves right now than ever have been before.

[@daljordan8921]

A study done by a northern merchant showed that it would have been much cheaper to hire Irish laborers and let them live in squalor as was done in the north. Providing even basic housing food, and clothing, cradle to grave, working or not, cost much more. Hope that helps. Paid thru the nose...

[@daljordan8921]

Above mentioned info in a book called The Cotton Kingdom, written shortly before the civil war. Still available.

[@sjp4u338]

Slavery was part of the history. I agree with Joe Jones. Donate your money snd get involved with helping slaves today….all over the world…..of all ages….THOUSANDS of them. Slavery had been a part of every civilization…..past and present.

[@auntiedeedee3438]

@@joejones9520 I don't know why people are triggered by someone talking about the pain and suffering of others. The truth is there were people who gained wealth through the pain and suffering of others. And whether or not I donate to organizations that work to end slavery doesn't negate the inhumanity of slavery that occurred in this Country.

[@maggiekay9292]

When we lived in Lafayette, everytime we had guests we toured all the plantations. Hauntingly Beautiful places with such history..good and bad

[@Kaytecando]

It is amazing so many of the furnishings, crystal, silverware, etc. somehow survived. This is a true living document of a period of American history, albeit so painful and sad to know how the Turnbull's wealth was acquired. We must remember how things were as to not repeat the mistakes of the past.

[@cathycumbee9773]

How sad for the slaves.

[@1946luke]

I think the bottom line here is, if we had've picked our own cotton, we could've avoided all the trouble we are experiencing today. But who knew, right ?

[@OldArmyWAC]

I love history, the good, the bad, the ugly. We should learn from the past and not make the same mistakes as our ancestors. Some have more, some have less, it is just the way of our world.

[@curtisknight2284]

You mean your ancestors, not Black people, we are the involuntary victims of your people. We didn't make any mistakes.

[@KittySkeed]

I stayed here overnight in 1997. I was only 10-11 years old and we had to stay in a separate house. It was beautiful and I'll never forget this place. It was magical.

[@emanuelpought8651]

It’s was magical for you but not for my people who was enslaved there.

[@mizzsassy-ow7uf]

Magical ? Horrible word to use

[@twuannasiaparker6041]

What was magical about ? Make it make sense

[@marciabrilhante3184]

Amazing is the history of this plantation. Thank goodness for the step in an purchase to protect what the greedy one was destroying bit by bit. Continuing success be with you and this historic plantation. Thank you for sharing.

[@dr.donnawalter4380]

Who was the "greedy one"?

[@Jeannified]

@@dr.donnawalter4380 Gene Raymond Slivka…the last owner.

[@twilightpurpleglow]

Love Historical homes and if they have their original furniture even more. I love the history of the home and it's owners. The gardens at Rosedown are breathtaking. Fascinating video Thank You.

[@melissakalloway1916]

I don't begrudge anyone wealth when they come by it through their own work and the fair wages of their laborers, but it is sickening to hear Martha or Daniel did this or that, when all the work was borne by slaves. Human beings that they bought or traded like cattle. Horrifying and sickening.

[@ednakelley814]

Can anyone watch a historic video anymore without the virtue signaling anymore? We all know slavery was wrong.

[@robyndismon394]

@@ednakelley814 It is BECAUSE OF ANERICAN SLAVERY that this home and the riches they acquired came to be. You only want to focus on the parts that you LIKE!

[@rcastle8993]

@@ednakelley814 just what i wz thinking !!

[@Debbie_Bcool]

I noticed that too.

[@kevindahlberg7753]

Compared to what, life in Africa? These slave's were well taken care of, it was a investment and the owners wanted a full return on what they spent. The owners had to house, feed and clothe them along with providing medical care. You get more work out of a happy well nourished healthy slave than a hungry sad sickley one. Slavery sucks, but blacks aren't the only ones in history, and they only suffered a relatively short amount of time. When you think about it we are technically slave's today but do not have to worry about our families being sold and we get to chose our masters or go hungry and homeless...

[@cb7538]

To all commenting on slavery, wake up. Slavery never ended. It subtlely became indentured slavery for all. We are all individual corporations. Hence every tax,interest,licence(s),titles,deeds,fees, fines,penalties, permit(s) and No Freedom to contest anything. Not even elections. We have more appointed officials than "elected" Yet we Sleep in the past. Blaming each other instead of the people that make the laws. Laws benefiting their own national/international corporations.

[@natalielebron5532]

I wonder in all their great wealth Did they ever feel conviction in their hearts for owning 444 slaves, owning 4 and managing an additional 4 plantations. And selling off hundreds of slaves. It’s a shame they were treated just like live stock. I wonder if any of the slaves are buried at Rosedown?

[@justynjonn]

How about the African chieftains who thought nothing of attacking his neighbors and selling them off for gold and flashy trinkets! Same Ole story boo it's not like the Europeans invented slavery.

[@deeva9325]

@@justynjonn you know what's different about that??? The fact that these other Africans didn't sell them because of the color of their skin. They weren't the ones who made darker skinned individuals inferior. The nerve to try and compare.

[@terrybuckalew6874]

who sold their own people as slaves thats the one to blame

[@mandeyoung3495]

Most likely all the plantations I have been to had several graveyards

[@natalielebron5532]

@@terrybuckalew6874 i blame them both the giver and the receiver.

[@pphedup]

How wonderful that it survived. The honesty about slavery is appreciated.

[@vernaharris4700]

The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.

[@keetahbrough]

money is a tool; power is the drug.

[@maryannknox7158]

TRUTH

[@jackbrown962]

watch underground train

[@CoyoteCoop]

agreed, and yet the most beautiful of designs and art are the aftermaths of the greed aforementioned in your comment

[@jerulew3547]

You said it all sister, but most Dont read the Holy Bible KJV Only Pagan imitations that tell no truth and lead many to death, not knowing the TRUE MEANING of life which is stated therein. Literally, the First Book, Genesis.

[@Keysfam13]

This says nothing about the enslaved human life responsible for their wealth, gardens, and houses. They weren’t lucky, they stole and cheated many out of wish to live as they pleased. Those who had made them wealthy, and so many like them, did so bey making human beings a commodity. It’s shameful to frame these people in this manner.

[@zakayah460]

Black Wall Street is proof we built those plantations… and The White House. Them folks are so jealous of blacks that they destroyed all of the Black Wall Streets. They refuse to give blacks reparations. Leviticus 6:4; James 5:4. Vengeance is mine says YAH I will repay. Romans 12:19. This video explains the glory of plantation life but ignore the brutality of slavery. The delusion and the cognitive dissonance is real. Smho.😡

[@jeanhowell9353]

Give it a rest! Study a little history. Slavery was not confined to the American south. I suggest you read some of Thomas Sowell’s writing on the subject. Also, slaves were given credit more than once in this commentary.

[@ShavaChihera]

I can only imagine what those poor slaves had to endure to make sure the Mrs' garden was perfect.

[@kennedy20007]

So many people get caught up in the Beauty not realizing it was based on the suffering of others. Despite their wonderful manners they were a corrupt and evil family who bought and sold human flesh and contributed greatly to the suffering of others.

[@lastshallbefirst5516]

Yes... Murder/ rape and a host of other atrocities come with plantations. But this documentary wouldn’t dare tell the truth

[@williamshelton4150]

By the standards of their day they were neither corrupt nor cruel.

[@valeriegrey8795]

@'Last shall be First' , amen to your comment.

[@tonibutts8828]

Eric AMEN

[@shelleysprinkle873]

I fully agree...well said

[@DianneRussell-jb5le]

How wonderful ⭐️ Thank you for preserving Rose down. I love Louisiana⚜️

[@CeeCee630]

It’s sad to think that all of that immense wealth was created from the suffering of enslaved people’s labor.

[@jonimarchese7655]

Exactly, I am so sad to find so many Americans TODAY are happy to return to these times. WHAT HAS HAPPEN TO THIS COUNTRY. it so saddens me.

[@finallythere100]

@@jonimarchese7655 - As a conservative and one that at times waxes nostalgic for past eras, I think that when people (virtually all) say they admire and yearn for past eras, it is not that they'd want to go back to slavery any more than they'd want to go back to not having antibiotics or other difficulties or wrongs of the eras. They are referring to the relative good values and ways of life off the given eras that we are lacking in today's world. They feel sad for many aspects of life today (which doesn't mean they don't appreciate the relative gains.

[@jonimarchese7655]

@@finallythere100 I agree with you, I can't see what I responded too, for your reply.

[@finallythere100]

@@jonimarchese7655 - Thanks for reply, as I was not sure how to reply back. That happens to me, too, plus it's easy to miscommunicate! :)

[@deeva9325]

that goes for most "wealthy" white families... sad just sad

[@rebeccabrockway8258]

The narrator speaks of Rosedown's slaves in the same unaffected tone she uses to describe its gardens. Creepy.

[@stevewheatley243]

Should she be emotional? Like you and I, she's not responsible for slavery.

[@flamingo2603]

Would you like it better if she cried hysterically??

[@alicethompson1385]

I’ll bet their slaves didn’t live in this kind of luxury!

[@tarotableguidance]

It's weird how they act like the Turnbulls were so elegant and humane

[@ceegabe1555]

They had nothing to do because they forced the slaves to even take care of their children. How lazy and not elegant or humane. I wonder if they realize that today's decent people can think and reach conclusions of their own. SHAMEFUL HISTORY!

[@M.C.Blackwell]

Thank you for this Fascinating look at the history of the incredible plantation and gardens. My mom loved history and architecture and we visited Rosedown and many of the other plantations when I was a child, including the famous and famously haunted Myrtles Plantation. This documentary doesn't purport to give a discourse on slavery, which we all agree was an aggregoious assault on humanity, it's a short history giving us a rudimentary look into the family and house and furnishings and is very informative on those points.

[@farawayeye8423]

Yes, how refreshing

[@drahaman]

@@farawayeye8423 how comfortable for you. Learning the truth is so uncomfortable.

[@farawayeye8423]

@@drahaman We know the truth already, already! And it doesn’t make me uncomfortable. If you want to be unhappy because of something you and no one you know was responsible for, that’s your choice. Mine is that I accept it as a fact of history, and no amount of lecturing and brow beating is going to make me stop enjoying beauty in an innocent and joyful way. Have a good Life!

[@drahaman]

@@farawayeye8423 your response tells me you really don't know.

[@farawayeye8423]

@@drahaman Know what? American history and the history of slavery? Come on!

[@yolandabeckford537]

Please state it correctly, Martha gave orders...she didn't lift a finger to do any work! To keep stating, "Martha did this, Martha did that" is downplaying the fact that she was an enslaver.

[@amandadassonville4043]

Do you think without Martha there would be any of this to see today? I do not think so. 🐝

[@yolandabeckford537]

@@amandadassonville4043 , frankly I could care less what she thought of. To enslave any human being is wrong, no matter the race. While the gardens are beautiful works of art, she did not do any of the work herself.

[@sharonsavage337]

I thought the same thing she didn't do anything but order the slaves to do her bidding.

[@geaj4214]

@@yolandabeckford537 The only reason I watch these plantation videos is to see all of my people hard work. Alot of people I know are scared of plantation but im not. Our people built these places blood,sweat and tears. I could care less about the story of the people they had to involuntary serve. None of these plantations would have survived without the hard working hands of African Americans. That's a fact!

[@jensherman2771]

You only watch to complain. Never anything useful for now and the future. Only complain about the past. Yes, horrible and you keep the horror alive instead of helping the world to be a better place. Just easier for you to complain I see.

[@auraberglund5766]

What a privilege this has been to watch, a beautiful window into times past! Thank you.

[@luckycatnip3667]

I don't understand what you mean by a beautiful window into Times past. All I keep thinking about are all those miserable slaves that had to work their whole lives without even having their basic needs met. I don't think it's a beautiful window at all I think it's horrifying

[@eriklarsson3188]

@@luckycatnip3667 Biggest crime was to ship them to the colonies in the first place. They should all have remained in Africa where they belonged.

[@tammyperkins8367]

This place was absolutely beautiful. 25 years ago my husband and I stayed at the B&B. The gazebo is where my husband took pictures of me in my get away dress. I was surprised to see this on this channel. We also stayed at a B&B next to Oak Alley. We took pictures there to and a ghost can be seen.

[@marilyn6556]

Hi! I am wondering if your get away dress is what you wore after you removed your wedding dress? I have never heard the expression before and I am interested in it!

[@curtisknight2284]

You basically stayed at a slave concentration camp.

[@abbyflows1332]

No way!? Have you posted those pictures before?

[@helenwoodward2690]

In Australia we call it a going away dress. Once the couple have changed into their going away gear, they say goodbye to their guests…hope that helps

[@cipherklosenuf9242]

I’ve been reading, “The half has never been told; the history of slavery and the development of American Capitalism “ by Edward Baptist. The history of banking, collateral, regulations to protect investors, debt collection and international investments is the half never told and its a pretty significant half. Do others have recommendations on this topic?

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Read about the history of the federal reserve.

[@bingkychic]

"They Were Her Property" is very illuminating as well.

[@curtisknight2284]

Read The Secret History of New York, Black Labor White Wealth, and The Secret Relationship Between Black and Jews vol. 1, 2 & 3.

[@asherasspirit7727]

Kind of reminds me of the plantation home I grew up in, in Tennessee. Very nice, well done.

[@elvisejo5885]

Any stories to that?????

[@andraclark9993]

So you were born in slavery times.

[@jeto3557]

Did your family own slaves ?

[@debraabbadessa897]

Those poor slaves ,who cares what the house was made of ,cannot believe this ,all that money and the slaves suffered

[@williamshelton4150]

How do you know that they weren't treated as well as possible? Not every slave owner was cruel.

[@tonibutts8828]

@@williamshelton4150 don't fool yourself..all slaves were purchased like animal..Dont try to sugar coat slavery!!

[@sapphireheart5757]

@@williamshelton4150 a gilded cage is still a cage.

[@triciaselman9215]

You dont know that because you WERE NOT there

[@NotOnDrugs]

@@triciaselman9215 right? There were plenty of good owners. If they didn't have that place, they would of been in 100x worse shape.

[@terrybuckalew6874]

I don't usually like the older homes and furnishings but I love this one It is stunning

[@janet8418]

I often visit the gardens. It’s so sad that their staff had no pay for their hard work.

[@lostboi210]

They ate and had roofs over their heads.. So all that was free?!

[@janet8418]

@@lostboi210 No, there was no freedom but that was the sad situation all through history with slavery. The Jews didn’t even have adequate food or housing. They were packed in camps and then gassed.

[@brightemerald3924]

You said staff, they were enslaved.

[@janet8418]

@@brightemerald3924 so they were both.

[@brightemerald3924]

@@janet8418 Staff are paid for their work.

[@janalogsdon]

Thank God someone bought that beautiful place, I’ve been there so many times and I love it more every time I go. 🙏🏻

[@scarlethunter8946]

This is actually quite sad because they were reaping the benefits off the backs of enslaved people from both families. From their home to their landscape ... Had 30 guests come to their home opening, but I know she didn't cook all that food ... Did absolutely nothing, but lived in the lap of luxury via slavery. Great documentary! Very educational ...

[@drahaman]

@@whoknows2054 yep lazy whites. You also wouldn't have an America or half the inventions without those Africans.

[@sharong8511]

@Scarlet Hunter Yes, Charlotte may have made the menu for 30 guests but she most certainly didn’t prepare or cook one ounce of anything with her own lily white hands. These extravagant homes were built with the blood, sweat and tears of forced slave labour. It’s a crying shame.

[@Frenchblue8]

That's all I could think of through the whole thing. Some of us are so good, so generous, so kind and good-hearted and we work hard for very little money all our lives and the shittiest things happen to us. But all I could think of was she would have had none of this accomplished except On The backs of her unpaid labor. It's despicable and I would never go there because it's beauty that cost way more than it was ever worth. There's nothing beautiful about oppression and racism and slavery

[@IrishTexan09]

@@drahaman Yes….look how productive and advanced the nations of Africa are!

[@mimithemermaid3860]

@@IrishTexan09 Are you choosing to ignore the fact that the African continent has been literally raped and pillaged for centuries for its natural resources, including over 12M human beings and extensive precious metals such as gold, diamonds and cobalt, which is used to make cell phones? I’ve actually lived and travelled in several countries and I can tell you without a doubt that the people I met in Africa were the kindest, most generous people I have ever met who taught me the true meaning of family values. So based on all the negative tidbits you see and hear about Africa in the news and in National Geographic, you’re judging them as inferior because they don’t appear to have the material wealth that you worship. A lot of the problems in Africa stem from what the western countries did through slavery, colonialism, imperialism and extensive corruption. Look at the history of South Africa, where they treated the indigenous people the way American colonialists (your ancestors?) treated the Native Americans and slaves, although they exploited them for cheap labor instead of killing most of them. And I’m guessing you call yourself a Christian? 🙄

[@almaleos7421]

I visited that plantation, and all I did was cry as we went through the place. My heart would not stop hurting and my mind thinking of all the hurt and mistreatment the slaves endured. I will never, ever visit another plantation for as long as I live.

[@uptoolate2793]

Maybe you should visit Poland and learn how much worse it could have been.

[@anncarlin8767]

@@uptoolate2793 That's one of the most ignorant statements I have ever heard 🙃

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

@@anncarlin8767 Actually, it isn't.

[@collnss]

That’s how I felt when visiting my last one six years ago. I just can’t understand how anyone could own another person and justify it.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

@@collnss You obviously haven't even bothered to study slavery. If you had you would understand how it came about and why.

[@beautifullife1943]

They traded human beings just so sad. I don't care how beautiful it is. Could you imagine how the humans they called slaves felt.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Guess what?! Rome had slaves but people today still flock to see the coliseum. Egypt enslaved Jews, yet people still visit the pyramids

[@beautifullife1943]

@@josephdockemeyer6782 so what we live in America. Everywhere had slaves but in America slavery ended approx. 150 years ago and many of those souls are still roaming America to hurt or scared to move on to the other side, between worlds.

[@jeanrhodes4145]

It is what it is. Can't change it.

[@lisasargent2841]

Slave trade was so inhumane & horrible. I feel these families lived in a fantasy world.

[@tlockerk]

Sadly every country has been / taken as slaves. It was more obvious in the US because of racial aspect. Slavery still exists today in the same chattel form, no one makes any international fuss. THAT is sad.

[@marynelson3094]

I can’t see the true beauty without remembering the painful construction off of the back, sweat, heartache, exhaustion, abuse, hunger, affliction, oppression, depression, hunger, blood and death of others. 😢

[@jeanrhodes4145]

Just watch something else. 🙄

[@KimFsharpHarp]

Well, the plantation owner lost 2 sons prematurely due to death. Karma?

[@Princess-xq8ks]

❤️

[@cedricfranklin8579]

@@jeanrhodes4145 This is why wealthy plantation owners are now in Heaven and for eternity they are serving blacks in their mansions and getting them tea.

[@amandadassonville4043]

Yip. I thank my lucky stars to live in a world today where so many billions died awfully to build and ensure a better life for me. Everyday I think that when I look around me. 🐝

[@bethbartlett5692]

*These large Plantation Owners were the wealthiest people on the planet at the time. They owned an average of 400 - 1,200 enslaved Peoples, giving them an entire Corporation of largely Free Labor.* The International Bankers and Financiers, their goal was to force Lincoln into using them in place of our Treasury, as is the case tiday. *They used the slave issue to manipulate upon the Plantation Owner's fears of losing this "free labor"* and using their other Ownerships: News Papers, these pre Federal Reserve Bank Corporation guys instigated the Civil War. They also profited from that war as they are the "Go-to-Source" for War Loans. These same people were the g-grandparents of today's owners of the Federal Reserve Bank Corporation. *Now you know the facts that led to the Civil War and have an idea about who has power today.* In life each subject is like a rod with a (+) end and a (-) end, for every action, there's a reaction, the energies flow with a rhythm, like the tide of an ocean. We have what is described as a Left Brain Hemisphere and a Right, there is male and female, light and dark, these are known as "polarities'. We have a Lower/Ego Mind of Thoughts and a Higher/Mature Mind. In the Lower or Ego Mind's exists all the negative Thought Energies: fear, prejudices, judgemental, envy, jealousy, *greed,* etc. The Higher Mind comprises: Love, Laughter, Joy, Empathy, Compassion, Humility, Ease, Understanding, *Wisdom,* etc. To establish our Mature Mind in consistency requires: *making a Habit of being "Conscious in Thought"* + *"applying the Higher Mind"* The balancing is obvious as a desired foundation. Post Adolescence, Age is not a factor in Mature Behavior, many continue to behave with an Adolescent Thought Emotional Development. Exception here are Personality Disorders, the remaining are a matter of *"Choice"* Prejudice is learned, it is fear based, knows no boundaries in Polarity, it is unhealthy and blatantly Lower Minded. *"Choice"* It is the 21st Century and the News Media is allowed to use it for Fostering more, and all for "Control and Profits". Again, ... *"Choice"* Beth Tennessee, USA History, Sociology, and Journalism comprise the "major's" subjects of my Degree University of Memphis Class of 1991 🐾

[@sonsaraeronnow4404]

Why do we preserve this kind of memorial? These people were slave owners, their comforts were at the price of the cruelty of slavery! They are the very reason this country still has a racial devastation today. This says nothing about any moral compassion this family extented towards the human beings that provided them with their comfortable and amazingly beautiful life! It is a very lopsided version of the past of this place! I would only hope the money earned today by it goes to compensate the descendents of the slaves that built it and cared for it!

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Well, the slaves who worked there are dead. Now we have welfare and free market as reparations for descendants. Also, Liberia... I don't hear anyone whining about the slave owning Romans when they visit the coliseum or the Egyptian slavery while visiting the pyramids. The great divider of races is WOKENESS.

[@dawnfoster6530]

So, we should get rid of Egypt and the pyramids, Rome, South Africa as they STILL keep slaves???

[@MariVictorius]

Don’t blame people who are long dead for our inability to use reason and evolve.

[@lizpotter8123]

Slavery didn’t cause the problems we have now. People just want to perpetuate hate for a life that no longer exists.

[@curiousone6129]

If that requires an explanation for you to understand it, you aren't smart enough to understand the answer.

[@tawnymacleod4022]

We must never forget our nations History! Or we Never Learn what not to do! Or what to do to get it right the first time. Life is a learning lesson the plantation is stunningly beautiful that should forever be preserved- to remind us life was very different and we have indeed Come a long way! I appreciate its beauty and her history and that’s it’s such a beautiful tool to teach us all and remind us to be better humans going forward!

[@ceegabe1555]

How much has really changed for the descendants of those forcibly enslaved by this family? THE SLAVES DID ALL OF THE WORK. This is a Shameful history...

[@lynnh4923]

Tawny.... well said!

[@ryanwbourquin]

Disgusting! Nothing will wipe of the stench of brutality, cruelty and sheer evil of these slave owners and their blood money.

[@Debbie_Bcool]

Yes we'll said!

[@pharryah7712]

THIS WHAT U SAY IS TRUE BUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT ALL THE MISTREATMENT👈 OF THE SLAVES👈 ALL THE HEINOUS👈 CRIMES👈AND ATROCITIES👈SO THIS TYPE OF LIFE COULD'VE PARTAKEN IN AMERICA👈

[@coyotedust]

AT 15:05 is a picture of the Turnbull children the son and daughter in their teens. Those most beautiful children you ever did see!

[@lisameyer2920]

My stomach turns thinking of this home's expenses being paid for by the hands of 400 slaves. They would have had a humble home if not for owning other people.

[@melianna999]

or they would stay in africa in mud.Their children and grandchildren live in beautiful rich america.

[@kg4021]

@@melianna999 not all of africa is what usa depicts it to be.

[@lmnop6140]

The parts that are grass huts were built by colonial governments.

[@practicalgenius1798]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@slappy8941]

@@lmnop6140 🤣🤣🤣 Okay 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@barbgallette2757]

And now we are all slaves. We are hearing that soon we will own nothing and be happy about it. I’m 74.5 and still working.

[@luashelton9320]

Righto, Barb Gallette!... "Anything's possible, as long as someone else does the work"

[@kimalimadingdong]

Barb, you clearly don't understand the meaning of slavery if you think having to work for money at an older age makes you a slave.

[@questionasker1749]

Good comment.

[@passion4posh]

Dont compare your life to slavery.You have civil rights,you were paid a wage,your family wasn't sold away,you get SSI....etc.Most slaves didnt live past 50 and those who did were slaves at 74.5.

[@ssanchez7195]

I wonder how those 400+ slaves were treated? It’s lovely to see such a beautiful historical home, however…. It was built and “kept up” by slaves☹️. Let’s not forget!

[@joejones9520]

if youre so worried about that why not move to Asia or Africa and try to stamp out the massive slave trade there currently?

[@daljordan8921]

How could we?

[@audreyevans7422]

Everything about a slave was owned by the master. Please note all of the mixed race Black people there are in Louisiana.

[@219043204]

Not all owners were cruel. Don't go to Rome because it was riddled with slaves who were treated most cruelly. Another issue was that alot of Northners while protesting slavery, would vacation on the plantations and enjoyed being waited on.

[@Bmorecrafty]

Right making it seem like they was so prestigious and good at being murders and slave owners. Aww poor slave master 🤮🤮

[@shadrach6299]

South Louisiana has a very interesting history

[@everettbarker9041]

Oh really

[@pennypedersen6205]

Thank you for Sharing this BEAUTIFUL HOME, NOT A HOUSE !!! 😊💜

[@rebeccahenley1344]

The slaves were mentioned several times. There are probably no family records of the slaves.

[@gloriaf6971]

I am very sure that there were records of the enslaved people. Slave owners often bequeathed enslaved people to their children so the names of those people can be found in the wills of the slave owners.

[@maryannswanson3832]

It think the slaves were probably treated very well They had many cabins. Also a doctor that lived there to care for them. They were able to build a church there The last owner charged rent on the church and so he seemed like the nasty person.

[@letticecorless5520]

Most had records, that I have visited however the focus is hardly on the suffering and lives lost to make these families wealthy and comfortable and beautiful homes!

[@lemorab1]

Yes there are family records. I've seen them. Descendants of the original slaves, as of 2005, still lived on the property, in their own homes, deeded to them by one of the descendants of the original Turnbulls. In 1965, I met some of them.

[@collnss]

Actually many kept records as they did their other possessions and were included in wills as property passed on. Disgusting.

[@marciaborg77]

Thanks for sharing this video.

[@suel6095]

why is this house glorified when they made their fortune from SELLING humans!!! sickening!!!

[@elainesmith7512]

@Sue Love: I TOTALLY agree with you.🤮🤮🤢🤢

[@Debbie_Bcool]

I was thinking the story about the house should of sintered around the people who built the house and worked the land it would make a good history documentary about slavery.

[@itspokernotpitypat4619]

Some species are sickening subhuman species!!

[@jenrutherford6690]

It's weird to see all this beauty and little mention of the hideous misery of slavery that built it.

[@roselee4445]

And you own nothing made in China, Get off your high horse

[@bredaokeeffe4702]

To be able to say you owned a human being is your shame for ever god forgive them

[@gloriaf6971]

God agreed with them about slavery.

[@robyndismon394]

@@gloriaf6971 Another human being speaking for a god that doesn't even exist. Unreal

[@lemorab1]

Thank you for posting this! I was one of the first visitors to tour Rosedown in 1965, just after it opened to the public. Mrs. Weeks, a retired local school teacher was our tour guide. She had known Nina Bowman. I saw the Henry Clay bedroom suite of furniture and many other beautiful pieces, including the marble garden statuary purchased by the Turnbulls in Europe. These all were missing when I went back in 2005. In 1965, you could see a film about the restoration of Rosedown, begun in 1956 when the Underwoods purchased the property. There was extensive footage of the ruined house and gardens, so it was apparent how much work went into saving the house, gardens, and furnishings. Mrs. Weeks gave us a thorough tour, with personal anecdotes. There was nothing hurried about it. I saw the film again in the mid-1990's. It was missing when I was there in 2005, and no one knew anything about it. I often wonder what happened to that film.The tourists were many and they were herded through the house like cattle, with a tour by docents following a script, who knew nothing of the house and its history. I'm glad I got to experience the house during the Underwood era, in full restored glory. My mom visited Rosedown in the 1930's when she was a student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

[@uptoolate2793]

I've noticed the decline in understanding of the past and such things as you mention here, with the loss of people who had the connection to the past. Something as simple as the remake of "The Homecoming" falls so ridiculously short of the original because no one connected to the remake knows anything about the depression. So the remake becomes a soap box for wokeness.

[@jeanrhodes4145]

@@uptoolate2793 please get off YOUR soapbox, chump. How dreary it must be to be you! 🙄

[@2dxtreme1]

Revelation 13:10 ....... He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity .

[@marymusic8920]

All Mankind remains in captivity, burdened by sin....

[@lastshallbefirst5516]

@@marymusic8920 All men sins aren’t equal. God had a chosen people... that’s called favor

[@riversider2506]

FACTS 🤞 😤

[@Mathilda5xp]

Amen!

[@zakayah460]

HalleluYAH!!!

[@mathiassca]

WHITE GOLD, NEVER MENTIONING THE BLACK OWNED!!!

[@adailydaughter6196]

Imagine starting a business and not having to pay your workers 😳. ANYONE could become rich under those circumstances. Then when those workers are freed, they get nothing. But you get 'compensated' 😂. If it was a movie plot, people would think it too cruel and 'un-American'... Humans...we aught to be grateful for the grace of God cause we can certainly be evil 🙏

[@adailydaughter6196]

@@skyeblu1251 absolutely. But there is a place for empathy and human love.

[@nc818]

I was going though an ancestry book and apparently some of my relatives went to work at rosedown as managers for the next 60 years after the war because the union army burned down their cane plantation in St. Martinville

[@curtisknight2284]

You owe the slave descendants of that cane plantation your family-owned Reparations! Thank you for admitting your family's participation in slavery because we are compiling a huge list of slaveholding families, corporations, wealthy Jewish merchant families, universities, banks, insurance companies, wealthy white planters, etc.

[@robertafierro5592]

When you think of the Horrors going on behind the scenes..

[@magalover2024]

I don’t think William and Caroline could read our comments against slavery lol. The house is beautiful but yes I agree in that time period it was anything but peaceful 😬

[@karellarsen939]

What a beautiful historic home and plantation!! I would love to visit. Thank you so wonderful to hear about

[@pamelaevans6485]

Thank you for sharing this historical information.

[@francinebarr1204]

Beautiful Place ❤

[@erinpennington9716]

This was very interesting. May the family and slaves rest in peace.

[@janaiello722]

I love looking at the beautiful plantations and non-plantation homes. The architecture is always amazing and their lifestyle of the time quite intriguing. I don’t judge the past threw the lense of the present. What a waist of knowledge and beauty that would be.

[@cheyrletheridge212]

So glad to hear that this place has survived thank you for sharing

[@TR-ne7tt]

This is about the beauty of their home, not the tragedy of slavery. How did they know. It was a part of their time. Horrible.

[@tamraboyd1624]

How did they know??? If they had a conscience they would know.

[@curtisknight2284]

They knew right from wrong stop trying to give them a pass.

[@suzannecorey4419]

Have been to this plantation. Very beautiful! Gardens are very impressive.

[@LPBTV]

Thanks for visiting

[@debbieroebuck8472]

I remember going through the house and grounds. Beautiful ❤️

[@meredithelaine4817]

“She passed down her morals and wisdom to her grandchildren”. WHAT MORALS??? How to own slaves and lose a war? How insulting to the slaves who actually built the place.

[@tawnymacleod4022]

It’s a wake up call! To learn from the past and a way to remember and honor the poor beautiful souls whom where slaves! We are not responsible for our fathers Sins of the past! We can only learn and become better! The would was very different back then we learn and we evolve- why we can’t forget History we keep evolving to be better humans- I don’t agree with Slavery at all but sins of our fathers are not our burden it’s our responsibility to be better!

[@isabellamusulo9190]

Wealthy people had an exquisite taste in that era (they built for eternity although the life span was often much shorter), it makes you wonder why most of the wealthy people nowadays have no sense for culture, style and beauty anymore.

[@toyarivera1585]

Because slavery in abolished

[@gloriagehring8676]

The best part about this place, the gardens!

[@nickbongiorno9054]

I would love to see this plantation

[@graceyoung3771]

Just so glad someone had a conscious down there the preserve some lovely and not so lovely American history. Here in Southern Ohio woods and small theme parks were all sold and can never be restored to their former glory. Only the memories survive in the elders to how grand of a town this place once was.

[@staceyc5308]

True that this home was built on the backs of slaves... Their beautiful work is a testament to that life.

[@kathleenreyes4345]

History needs to be remembered and this plantation tells all! It is beautiful!

[@amhellbent]

shouldn"t that be beautifully repulsive? i'm amazed you think it 'tells all'. in New Zealand we call that sort of comment "casual racism".

[@xxspudsmomxx]

I guess the term “historic out buildings” means slave houses.

[@ellaw356]

Love American history. So important we remember all aspects of it! Thank you!

[@LPBTV]

Glad you're enjoying it! Our "Lost Louisiana" series has lots of Louisiana History as well!

[@ellaw356]

@@LPBTV Thank you for putting this together!

[@lastshallbefirst5516]

What’s, “all aspects?” Can you be more distinct, I’m curious to know?

[@jackbrown962]

@@LPBTV seriously say that with a straight face after watching the underground train

[@joanolear3579]

The lady of this plantation revered the plants to make a beautiful garden (that was taken care of by the 400 slaves) but they didn’t value human life of others & made them into slaves to show off their wealth on the back of slaves. God will be the judge of these plantation owners on judgement day!

[@laurahastings-brownstein1481]

You don't know that they did not value human life. The entire human condition was totally different than it is now. Most slave owners loved their slaves and were kind to them and took care of them. It is horrible that people like to assume they know what people who lived hundreds of years ago were thinking and doing. No one, including YOU, knows what these people were thinking.

[@Elizabeth-tg5to]

@@laurahastings-brownstein1481 Oh wow! So this is how people justify that slave owners weren't necessarily bad. Nice try.

[@v-anndavis5637]

Actually when I see these homes i see the hard work, but beautiful work, that the slaves did. You know most of the house was built by the enslaved. Look at how beautiful it is. Yes, the owners were cruel, owning a person is never right. But don’t let their hatefulness detract from the beautiful things the enslaved built. If nothing else, marvel at that.

[@janet8418]

What talent their staff had! Good cooks, too.

[@nikkibrown9281]

Well said THANK YOU,

[@kathykientzle3132]

You could not be more blind. We should not marvel or cherish things that were made by people who were forced to make them!There is no beauty in that.

[@janet8418]

@@kathykientzle3132 Then you might not want to visit the Egyptian Pyramids, Rome, Greek architecture, Mid-East, and many similar places. V Ann was complimenting the fine workmanship of the former slaves. No one denies slavery was terrible wrong. History is what it was. What gets me is WHY didn’t the clergy say anything to the owners and politicians of that day? The churches had a strong influence on the people back then.

[@v-anndavis5637]

@@kathykientzle3132 forced or not, they made beautiful things. And honestly I prefer to see the beauty in THEIR work. Their work is part of them.

[@hotoneinspai]

I would just like to correct a wrong... Azaleas and Camellias grow legendary well in British Gardens...As do Japanese Acer's and other fine shrubs... But yes they were also grown in conservatories and treasured for their exoticness. Along with Pineapples and other exotic fruits rarely seen in the UK...These were also grown in Conservatories or in some cases...Hot Houses. BUT it's not correct to say these Azaleas and Camellias could not be grown in Gardens in the United Kingdom.

[@cipherklosenuf9242]

A public broadcast should offer more comprehensive coverage of such a significant site. The voices of black scholars or community members or at the very least links and brief descriptions to other websites, videos and books for viewers interested in more than esthetic preservation. Selling away a few statues and some furniture seemed to elicit more regret than generations of enslavement and systemic labor and racial exploitation.

[@ellebelle8515]

Well said.

[@mkaijewett]

This is more whitewashed "his" story.

[@afzaalkhan.m]

Wonderful presentation,beautifully narrated .The slaves and slavery is a very sad and brutal period in American history

[@dennislyon8030]

The worker's should be applauded for their work they were Great Masters

[@ceegabe1555]

They were forced to enrich this lazy family. Today they have nothing to show for their forced labor also known as SLAVERY. VISION equated force slaves to make MY vision happen. Nothing to be proud of to CRITICALLY THINKING people...

[@jackbrown962]

@marie landry watch the underground train

[@joejones9520]

@@ceegabe1555 the enslavers were staunch democrats...

[@passion4posh]

@@joejones9520 Yep, Southern Democratic families back then are the staunch Republicans today.

[@Debbie_Bcool]

@marie landry you can look at it in a positive way but in reality slavery was horrible. They didn't want to build that house for those rich people. Sure they took pride how beautiful the house is, but it wasn't their house and they didn't get paid for building it they lived in a shack with a dirt floor under bad conditions. I am sure slaves did all the labor in the garden to. We should not let something that is beautiful overshadow what really took place. Painting a pretty picture only covers up what really was happening.

[@lyndabeverley6690]

It is a beautiful home plantation and should be preserved as a part of history for all the people who lived and worked there regardless of the pain and suffering of those that went before us, insight is a wonderful thing because we never walked in there shoes or left foot prints in the soil it’s there story not ours.🙏

[@curtisknight2284]

I disagree, it is every Foundational Black American's story of how we were tortured on those plantations and treated like beasts of burden, a dog had more rights than a slave and was treated better. This family had 444 enslaved Black Human Beings that were basically worked to death so these devils could live in splendor and luxury!

[@lf1496]

Sick cruel Karen who probably abused the Africans who worked to death for these NEANDERTHALS

[@ValkyriesCorner]

i visited this plantation as a kid

[@KWMc1952]

The house and grounds are beautiful. Thank you for giving the history of the home.

[@LPBTV]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@flowerofson-shine3539]

I’m sorry there was tragedy in their family. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. I don’t, however, admire riches is built on slavery. It looks like he bought and sold slaves on a whim which heart-wrenchingly broke up families. Anything for money. 😢

[@sayitloudblcknproud]

What about the enslaved people that were there? There's hardly a mention of them, their contributions, their history. While the house is beautiful and the story of the sisters keeping it up is endearing, the real story is of the slaves and the work the did there. Aren't there any slave records available with their names, ages, work speciality and skin tones?

[@roselee4445]

Records sold it said

[@susanthompson1506]

@@roselee4445 i

[@mwblackbelt]

You mean, references about the people who did all the work?

[@dianapearson1771]

@@mwblackbelt That's always the way it's been. Rich people don't dirty their hands. Still that way. I've toured a lot of the magnificent houses. They are full of furniture talented slaves built. But, this is about the Turnbulls. Not about their slaves.

[@1976mcfarlane]

There's some homework for you.

[@brightemerald3924]

Would find it hard to admire anything about this plantation knowing the history of how the wealth was acquired, on the backs of human bondage.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

I just came here to see the comments from people who have absolutely NO idea about the culture, heartache, terror, and despair of the Slavery years, I ain't disappointed!!

[@dannellvalenzuela521]

Oh ok, so they made most of their money selling other human beings!!! WOW!! What historical memory!!! So let's just skip over the fact that those human beings they had for slaves , MADE THAT PLANTATION WHAT IT IS!!! CORRECT???